The Santa Shuffle 5k
About this race
Welcome to the 2026 Santa Shuffle! Join the jolliest 5K with hundreds of fellow Santas!
Please note there is no Race Day Registration and we do expect to sell out.
Participants will receive a full Santa suit or a Santa shirt.
Back by popular demand, all Santa Shuffle finishers will receive an ornament to celebrate your achievement!
The race starts at 9:00 a.m. at the carousel on city island.
Race packet pickup will be:
Fleet Feet Mechanicsburg: December 11 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Fleet Feet Harrisburg: December 12 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Packets will also be available on race morning from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. but we do not recommend this unless absolutely necessary.
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Race Sponsors:
Fleet Feet Harrisburg & Mechanicsburg
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The Santa Shuffle 5k
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Harrisburg, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:20 AM and sets at 4:41 PM local time (EST) in Harrisburg on December 12, 2026 — 9h 20m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 26 Harrisburg events
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